Jim Adams always cooks up something tasty with his prompts on Song Lyric Sunday. Jim says: This week we have the food and cooking and eating related prompts of Baking/Bread/Cake/Pie/Picnic and hopefully this will fit for everyone. Here are the “rules”: • Post the lyrics to the song of your choice, whether it fits the…
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Novelty Song Friday #18 — “The Hair on My Chinny Chin Chin,” by Sam the Sham & The Pharoahs
Per wikipedia: Domingo “Sam” Samudio (born February 28, 1937, in Dallas, Texas, United States), better known by his stage name Sam the Sham, is a retired American rock and roll singer. Sam the Sham was known for his camp robe and turban and hauling his equipment in a 1952 Packard hearse with maroon velvet curtains….
dVerse — MTB — I, Ginger Baker
I, Peter Edward Baker, was born in South London on August 19, 1939, the son of me mum, Ruby, who worked in a tobacco shop and me da, a bricklayer son of a bricklayer – until the Royal Signal Corps put him on the front lines. Blitzkreig bombings started when I was a wee lad…
#SLS — “Tiny Little Things,” by Double Fuzz
Jim Adams is the alchemical host of Song Lyric Sunday. Jim says: This week we have the element prompts of Air/Earth/Fire/Water and hopefully this will fit for everyone. Here are the “rules”: • Post the lyrics to the song of your choice, whether it fits the theme or not. If it does not fit, then…
#MM Music Challenge — “I Need You, Babe”
Jim Adams is the dauntless host of Mindlovemisery Menagerie’s Music Challenge. Jim says: The challenge today is to focus on [“I Know You’re Out There Somewhere,” by the Moody Blues] and use it for a short story, a piece of flash fiction, or a poem that you can share with the WordPress writing community….
Novelty Song Friday #17 — “Thirty Thousand Pounds of Bananas,” by Harry Chapin
“30,000 Pounds Of Bananas,” sometimes spelled “Thirty Thousand Pounds Of Bananas,” is a folk rock song by Harry Chapin from his 1974 album, Verities & Balderdash. The song became more popular in its live extended recording from Chapin’s 1976 concert album, Greatest Stories Live that started the phrase “Harry, it sucks.” The song is based…
#SLS — “Better Man,” by Pearl Jam
Jim Adams is the sparkler-wielding host of Song Lyric Sunday. Jim says: This week we have the delightful, lovely, magnificent, marvelous, splendid prompts of Best/Better/Good/Great and hopefully this will fit for everyone. Here are the “rules”: • Post the lyrics to the song of your choice, whether it fits the theme or not. If it…
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